Syndies slip after sweeps

Many syndicated shows suffered in the aftermath of the February sweeps.

The national Nielsen syndication rankings for the week ended March 13 indicate that many programs experienced huge losses.

In fact, only two top-10 series, King World’s top-ranked “Wheel of Fortune” (up 1% to 15.5) and Paramount’s “Star Trek: The Next Generation” (up 4% to 12.3) , improved on their previous week’s average.

The second-worst talker slip went to KW’s “Rolonda,” which sank 20% to 2.0.

Multimedia’s “Sally Jessy Raphael” came out of the sweeps with a 4.5, off 18% from the previous week, while Paramount’s “Maury Povich” tumbled 15% to 4.1. Viacom’s “Montel Williams” (3.4) and Group W’s “Vicki!” (2.8) slid 13%.